Kircher Surname

39,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Anguilla

Kircher Surname Definition:

(German) A minor official of a church who had charge of sacristy and its contents.

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Kircher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,8981:13,6501,779
United States4,5621:79,4529,067
Austria9641:8,8331,142
France8111:81,90211,608
Italy2081:294,02337,273
New Zealand1551:29,2155,112
Australia1451:186,17718,652
England771:723,61140,488
Canada651:566,85547,218
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Switzerland531:154,96114,619
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Sweden181:547,04239,827
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Anguilla21:6,718471
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6611:75,9748,073

Kircher (12) may also be a first name.

Kircher Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) A minor official of a church who had charge of sacristy and its contents.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'dweller by a church'.

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Kircher Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kircher Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kircher is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kircher click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kircher? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 39,873rd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 553,639 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Kircher live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 5,898 people, or 1 in 13,650. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 37 percent live, Hesse, where 22 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.

Kircher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kircher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kircher last name expanded 690 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kircher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kircher are 15.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.17% registered with the party.

The amount Kircher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.37% more than the national average, earning R 414,360 per year; in United States they earn 11.73% more than the national average, earning $48,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.22% more than the national average, earning $56,746 CAD per year.

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